Bus Attack Caught On Video

A blind woman was beaten for no apparent reason on a Seattle city bus, and the entire incident was caught on a surveillance camera.

The beating happened in May of last year, but the video was recently obtained by Seattle Fox affiliate KCPQ. A man got on the bus, paid his fare and then out of nowhere he punched the victim square in the face.

A witness said the man shouted, "The sick must die," and then let the punches fly at the defenseless woman.

"She didn't know what hit her ... she got hit pretty good," said Charles Capizano, who was on the bus and helped the woman.

Capizano was sitting in the rear of the bus and rushed to the front of the bus to help the woman and stop the attack when he saw what happened.

"This guy was attacking everyone in his sight, threatening everyone in his sight saying, ‘the sick must die. God told me the sick must die,’" Capizano added.

Denise Gubernick was also on the bus and is counted among the heroes.

While two men restrained the bad guy, Gubernick hugged, covered and protected the woman.

"I'm a mother and my instinct is to protect and I just jumped forward to hold her," Gubernick said.

There were six heroes in all that day, and Sheriff Sue Rahr awarded them all for meritorious service to the community.

At the awards ceremony, the woman who was attacked thanked the people who helped her. "It really restores my faith in humanity that these people did in fact join together and protect me. I want to thank you all for what you did. God bless you."

The suspect apparently has a mental disability and was never charged because of his diminished mental capacity. He was sent to Western State Mental Hospital where he remains today.